Recruiting Insider: June 24, 2007 - June 30, 2007

Westfield QB Mike Glennon said that one of the reasons he picked N.C. State, and not his brother's school, Virginia Tech, was to "get out of the shadow". Can't blame him. It's the same reasoning that leads many players to opt out of going to their local school and choose...

Not quite prime blogging hours unless you're doing the NBA draft, but colleague Preston Williams is reporting that Westfield standout Mike Glennon will head south to North Carolina State to play for the Wolfpack and new coach Tom O'Brien. More on this tomorrow morning.......

Virginia Tech added Oakton WR Ervin Garner after Osbourn Park LB Quillie Odom failed to qualify academically and instead will go to Hargrave Military Academy in the fall. Man About Roanoke Doug Doughty reports that Garner was bound for Towson until the Tigers got into a situation of having promised...

Quince Orchard lineman Zach Kerr went to Maryland's one-day camp earlier this week and received a scholarship offer from the Terrapins, Cougars Coach Dave Mencarini reports. Kerr ran the 40-yard dash in 5.1 seconds and showed off an impressive 31-inch vertical leap. He already held offers from Virginia Tech, Penn...

This just moved a bit ago. The NCAA will review its ban on text messaging. Turns out that the schools that wanted to regulate coaching texting recruits didn't want an outright ban, they just wanted to limit the amount of time wasted on this. I still think it's silly, that...

One team making noise in local summer basketball leagues has been Carroll, which continues to add to its impressive list of foreign players. Rising senior Kris Joseph, a 6-5 forward from Quebec, joined the Lions last season and has already accepted a scholarship offer from Syracuse. Nigerians Emeka Okam and...

Well, it appears ESPN is getting into the high school all-star game business, creating the ESPNU High School All-American Game on Jan. 5 in Orlando. The game will be broadcast on ABC and looks to compete against the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio and televised on NBC. Don't...

Of course not. But after talking with Friendly RB Josh Haden about why he picked Boston College over Florida, I thought this was the most unusual tidbit: Haden's older brother, Joe, entering his freshman year at Florida, wasn't leaning on Josh to pick the Gators. "He just wanted me to...

I wrote a bit about this a week ago, but here's more about the possibility of Nigel Munson transferring from Virginia Tech. Munson is likely to reach a decision this week, so I should have more on this soon....